This is a new generation for an old family business. Don and Glenda Folk, both professional dancers who worked for such notables as Fred Astaire, Bob Fosse, Michael Bennet and Donald O’Conner to name a few owned and operated Folk’s Dance Academy and produced over 1500 professional dancers over 30 years.

Trisha Folk, Don and Glenda’s daughter began teaching in 1985. She became a partner in 1989 and changed the name of the business to Arizona Dance Theatre. ADT operated for 11 years in North Scottsdale. Trisha served as the artistic director from 1993-2000 and trained over 800 students, 20 of which have gone on to dance professionally in film, TV and on stage.

Trisha Folk’s solid reputation for producing high quality productions and skilled dancers is unsurpassed in Arizona.

Her choreography is nationally recognized, she has choreographed, danced and produced for over 400 corporate, industrial and gala events for such notables as 20th Century Fox, NBC, Superbowl XXX, Atlanta Olympics, Jose Cuervo world tour, Reebok, Porsche, Best Western, AT&T, Zoo Lights, Audi, Penn Racquet Sports, The Four Seasons, IBM and the Arizona Opera, Cancer and Heart Galas.

Trisha was the premiere choreographer for The Arizona Cardinals in 1988-89. She has performed lead roles in the following musicals across the country: Grease, Cats, Cabaret, Chicago and West Side Story.

She was a principal dancer in Ballet West’s Nutcracker and Swan Lake and choreographed and toured with Charlie Daniels, ZZ Top, Three Dog Night and Tim Conway.

In addition, Trisha has appeared in 9 National TV commercials as a principal dancer/actor. Trisha has been an instructor, artist in residence and choreographer for New School for the Arts, Cactus Shadows High School, Desert Arroyo Middle School and Phoenix Country Day School. Trisha has a BFA in General Fine Arts from the University of Arizona.